Luca Florian

Luca Florian (b.1998) is a visual artist based in Bucharest. In his work, aspects of the visible are altered, juxtaposed and made unnatural, depicting rather their inner essence or remnant memories. The dialogue between personal cosmos, art history, literature, video games and dreams creates unheimlich representations, deconstructing and reconstructing reality. Through this visual play, often embodied in humanlike figures, he tries to capture the many feelings that haunt our present world: anxiety, haste, togetherness, irritability, abrupt transitions between joy and discontent.

Residency dates: 1. 9. - 15.11.2026

RESIDENCY PROJECT

Recontextualizing the long-term ongoing practice of depicting aspects of the psyche in the medium of figurative painting, a series of new works will attempt to absorb the contemporary local Zeitgeist, closely reading the effects of climate change, technology advancement and the proximity of war and fascism on the subconscious. Our relationship to Eastern European folklore and nostalgia, distant memories and the history of art is interpreted not as a return to our roots, but rather as an anxious act of looking back towards relics of the past, centering on our seemingly increasing alienation towards them.

EDUCATION

2022    Meisterschüler Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (DE)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo

2025    In the Living Room Shadows Burn, Galeria Posibilă, Bucharest (RO)

2025    Doppelgänger, Zina Gallery, Cluj (RO)

2023    Like a Moth to a Flame, Atelier35, Bucharest (RO)

Group

2024    Heaven Scent Laundry, Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main (DE)

2022    Der Bogen Im Auge, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf (DE)

All information is accurate as of August 2026.

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